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Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
85 posts
John Hancock ETF Teams With Dimensional Fund Advisors (Again)
John Hancock Investments has added to it exchange-traded fund lineup with the launch of John Hancock Multifactor Developed International…
December 18, 2016
ETFs Continue their Climb, But When Will they Hit 401ks?
While more than two-thirds of advisors expect to increase their use of exchange traded funds (ETF) in the…
October 28, 2016
BlackRock Launches ETF to Capitalize on Aging ‘Megatrend’
We’re all getting older; might as well find a way to monetize it. BlackRock announced a new lineup of four…
September 15, 2016
Morningstar to Compare Mutual Funds with ETFs
While experts contend it should never be an either/or decision when deciding on mutual funds and ETFs in…
September 14, 2016
Strategic Beta ETF Outlook in 401(k)s?
They’re getting all the attention. So-called strategic beta ETFs are increasingly popular, and will comprise 20 percent of client ETF portfolios…
September 12, 2016
Schwab Goes (Really) Low on 401(k) Target Date Fees
Is it a race to the bottom or smart use of scale? In what’s sure to shake-up the…
August 25, 2016
Where Will ETF Use Grow Fastest?
Little surprise—Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) adoption continues to rise. While it might be a case of the fly on…
July 18, 2016
Why Most 401(k) Plans Don’t Offer ETFs
Why has there been almost no ETF penetration of the 401(k) marketplace, which is entirely dominated by pooled funds?
June 21, 2016
Low-Fee Focus Spurs 401(k) Business Model Innovation
Forty-year industry veteran Scott MacKillop (you read that right) is on a mission to disrupt the 401(k) and…
June 20, 2016
Equity Loses, Fixed Income Gains on Brexit Possibility
Fears across the pond have fixed income funds flying high. Research behemoth Morningstar reported U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) asset…
June 17, 2016